Frank Morrissey (baseball)

{{short description|American baseball player (1876-1939)}}

{{about|the baseball player|the former Boston College football coach|Frank Morrissey}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Frank Morrissey

|image =

|width = 200px

|position=Pitcher

|birth_date={{birth date|1876|5|5}}

|birth_place=Baltimore, Maryland

|death_date={{death date and age|1939|2|22|1876|5|5}}

|death_place=Baltimore, Maryland

|bats=Unknown

|throws=Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 13

|debutyear={{by|1901}}

|debutteam=Boston Americans

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 4

|finalyear={{by|1902}}

|finalteam=Chicago Orphans

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=1–3

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=2.23

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=14

|teams=

• Boston Americans (1901)
• Chicago Orphans (1902)

|highlights=

}}

Michael Joseph Morrissey (May 5, 1876 – February 22, 1939), known as Frank and nicknamed "Deacon," was a pitcher in Major League Baseball in the early twentieth century. Morrissey appeared in a total of six games as a pitcher in 1901 and 1902, five of which were as a member of the Chicago Orphans. He compiled a 1–3 record with fourteen strikeouts in his six appearances. The Orphans also used him as a third baseman in two games in 1902.